Coronavirus deaths have surged past 150,000 worldwide with nearly a quarter of them in the US, where President Donald Trump appeared to lend support to protestors demonstrating against stay-at-home orders in several states.

President Donald Trump appears to lend support to protestors in several US states who have been demonstrating against stay-at-home orders imposed because of the coronavirus pandemic.

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ALMATY

Two NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut make a safe return from the International Space Station to find a "different planet," transformed by the coronavirus pandemic.

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WASHINGTON

A pattern is emerging among COVID-19 patients arriving at hospitals in New York: Beyond fever, cough and shortness of breath, some are deeply disoriented to the point of not knowing where they are or what year it is.

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WASHINGTON

A SpaceX rocket will send two American astronauts to the International Space Station on May 27, NASA announces, the first crewed spaceflight from the US in nearly a decade.

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WASHINGTON

International financial institutions and African leaders warn the continent needs tens of billions of dollars in additional money to fight the coronavirus pandemic despite debt freezes and massive pledges of support.

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MONTREAL

The discovery of 31 deaths at Montreal's Herron nursing home has prompted an investigation into alleged gross negligence after caregivers fled amid a coronavirus outbreak, leaving elderly residents to fend for themselves.

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LOS ANGELES

As a member of the 2020 "class of coronavirus," Kenia Molina needed to find a laptop in order to graduate high school -- a technology gap that has caused thousands of poorer students to miss out on weeks of education.

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SAN FRANCISCO

Terra Thomas, one of the millions of Americans who have lost their income due to the coronavirus pandemic, was stuck between a rock and a hard place -- pay her rent or put food on the table?

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SANTIAGO

Six months after the largest social unrest in 30 years broke out, the streets of Chile are calm once again as the coronavirus pandemic forces the country into lockdown.

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HOMESTEAD

The palm trees that line many US boulevards, the orchids sold in supermarkets, the bushes that form park hedges -- many of these plants come from Florida. And sales have collapsed due to the coronavirus lockdown.

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GUAYAQUIL

Darwin Castillo's father died in Guayaquil during the coronavirus pandemic that has caused the Ecuadoran city's health system to collapse.

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PARIS

Even as virologists zero in on the virus that causes COVID-19, a very basic question remains unanswered: do those who recover from the disease have immunity?

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A bearded Orthodox priest carefully assembles a plastic visor as he works with a group of volunteers to provide Ukrainian medics with much-needed personal protective equipment.

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AACHEN, Germany

After making it through the first night breathing on her own, 60-year-old Martina Hamacher can only say: "I've been lucky."

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LONDON

A 99-year-old British World War II veteran who has become a global phenomenon for his fundraising efforts has raised almost £20 million ($25 million, 23 million euros) for health workers fighting coronavirus.

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African billionaires like Nigeria's Aliko Dangote, the continent's wealthiest man, are being called on to help tackle the coronavirus pandemic as the region prepares for a potential surge in infections.

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BROMLEY, Zimbabwe

Zimbabwean tobacco farm manager Shaw Mutalepo fretted over his harvest earlier this year when rainfall became erratic. Now a coronavirus lockdown has added to his woes -- he doesn't even know if he can sell his golden-brown leaf at auction.

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JERUSALEM

Israel's arrest of senior Palestinian officials for "illegal" efforts to contain coronavirus and the Jewish state's closure of a clinic have exacerbated a long-running row over the status of east Jerusalem.

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